At 09:29 AM 8/4/2004, you wrote:
>I have no idea if this is a credible source but, if so, this is scary...
>
>http://www.intelwire.com/2004_08_02_exclusives.html
>
>Nearly 3,000 pounds of stolen ammonium nitrate are unaccounted for in
>North Carolina, even as the U.S. braces itself against a possible al Qaeda
>truck bomb attack.
>
>Two and a half tons of ammonium nitrate were stolen from a Royster-Clark
>fertilizer plant in Winston-Salem, N.C. in early July, according to the
>Winston-Salem Police Department, consisting of one hundred 50-pound bags.
>
>Mixed with fuel oil, ammonium nitrate is a favored ingredient used in al
>Qaeda truck bombs. Nearly a month after the theft was reported, 59 bags of
>the volatile fertilizer are still unaccounted for, police said Monday.
>Dozens of similar 50-pound bags were purchased by Terry Nichols and
>Timothy McVeigh for use in the Oklahoma City bombing.
>
>A July 30 bulletin from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security
>warned of al Qaeda's frequent use of ammonium nitrate as a bomb component,
>also noting its use in Oklahoma City. The bulletin also cited recent
>instances in which al Qaeda has stockpiled ammonium nitrate abroad.
>
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